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With the victory Pacquiao had the first Filipino and Asian to become a three-division world champion. [ 9 ] On November 24, 2003, then Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo conferred on Pacquiao the Presidential Medal of Merit at the Ceremonial Hall of Malacañang Palace for his knockout victory over the best featherweight boxer in the ...
In 1995, the death of a young aspiring boxer and close friend, Eugene Barutag, spurred the young Pacquiao to pursue a professional boxing career. [33] Pacquiao started his professional boxing career when he was just 16 years old, stood at 4'11'' and weighed 98 pounds (7 pounds under the mini-flyweight division).
Pacquiao was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), World Boxing Council (WBC), World Boxing Organization (WBO) and Home Box Office (HBO). In 2006, 2008, and 2009, he was awarded Ring magazine , ESPN and BWAA's Fighter of the Year , and in 2009 and 2011 he won the Best Fighter ESPY Award ...
Manny Pacquiao, who won titles in a record eight weight classes from flyweight to super welterweight while becoming one of boxing's biggest draws, was elected Thursday to the International Boxing ...
World welterweight championship bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 2, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images) (Benjamin Lowy ...
Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as Hearts and Fists on Fire, was a professional boxing match contested on May 8, 2004, for the WBA (Unified), IBF, and The Ring featherweight titles. [ 2 ]